These two panels form the uppermost narrative tier of the Tree of Jesse window at Tours Cathedral. Positioned to the left and right of Christ enthroned, they represent the climax of the Infancy cycle and illustrate events immediately following Christ’s birth. The scenes reflect both the historical narrative and its theological meaning within the larger composition.
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Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus' escape after a warning that King Herod intended to kill all the infants in the area.
Medieval stained glass in Beauvais Cathedral depicting scenes from the life of Jesus.
This panel, from the bottom up, shows the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Epiphany, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the flight into Egypt.
This Bartolini Salimbeni Chapel fresco painting of the "Flight into Eygpt" (1420-1425) is by Lorenzo Monaco in the church of Santa Trinita Florence,
This relief sculpture, in the Kunsthistorisches museum, Vienna, is on pear wood. Depicting the Flight into Egypt it is dated to the early 16th century.
This stained glasspanel (1575-1600) of theFlight into Egypt in the Lady Chapel of Bourges Cathedral is part of a sequence of images retelling the life of the Virgin Mary.
Part of the 19th century north transept altar, in Orleans Cathedral, this carved panel depicts the Flight to Egypt.
Angel warns Joseph to leave Bethlehem (1943-1950). Carved capital of column at Saint-Joseph La Bourboule, by Henri Charlier.
Flight to Egypt (1943-1950). Carved capital of column at Saint-Joseph La Bourboule, by Henri Charlier.